South Florida Beer Bus tickets on sale Friday

To kick off South Florida Beer Week, organizers will take 48 passionate drinkers on a tour of Palm Beach County's best breweries.

The South Florida Beer Bus will depart from the Funky Buddha Lounge in Boca Raton -- which brews some of my favorite wakcy-flavored beers -- Saturday, Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. The bus route includes stops at Tequesta Brewing Company, Due South Brewing and Brewzzi.

At around 6 p.m., riders will be dropped off at the Funky Buddha again, but all locations are open to people who don't ride for the duration or want to stop by one place only. Each tour stop will feature beer talk from South Florida's beer geeks and brewers and some brewery deals to be announced.